BoI’s McDonagh takes her show on the road

Chief executive hits the right notes at capital markets day in London. All she has to do now is deliver on her plans

Francesca McDonagh, chief executive of Bank of Ireland Picture: Rollingnews

For months, Bank of Ireland had held out its capital markets day as the signature event of the brief tenure of chief executive Francesca McDonagh. It was billed as the event that would mark her transformation of the bank, and crucially for investors it would be about expansion following years of retrenchment caused by the financial crisis.

Over the course of four hours in London on Wednesday, McDonagh and a half dozen other ...